MRC for Faculty

The Multimedia Resource Center with Educational Design and Digital Media Services offer a number of services for our faculty such as Canvas assistance, WordPress designs, ARC GIS, Story maps, video assistance, and app programming.

We can help with filming in the studio, setting up media-based classroom assignments, doing classroom visits and workshops. We can help learn a quick video edit software program or do quick video edits for your coursework materials.

Policy on digitizing media and streaming films. For streaming films, many are available through Kanopy Streaming, JustWatchSwank, AVON, and Docuseek.  For questions regarding these streaming services please contact Lisa Villa of the library. Exceptions for foreign films or unique materials may be cleared with library staff  now have a digitization application form

To schedule classrooms in Stein for movie screenings and events, please use EMS for the location/availability information and Facilities to unlock doors and do specific setups in the FAMIS work order system

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Workshops and one-on-one appointments.
We have staff who can help with Story Maps, Canvas, and ideas to fold in or supplement current courses. Our faculty-focused workshops are tailored and popular. We welcome suggestions for future material. Examples include nontraditional creative assignments such as video, blogs, podcasts and multimedia projects.

Our Media Suite.

This room may be scheduled for a number of projects-podcasts, videocasts, interviews, Zoom recordings, and more. View a more extensive description.

 

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Virtual and Augmented Reality equipment.  For access to these devices, please speak with Ian Kaloyanides in  324C (ikaloyan@holycross.edu
Video Assistance importing video and audio and editing into clips. These files can be loaded into Panopto/Canvas so coursework can be done remotely.  Scanning access and graphics aid for web use and PowerPoint.Imovies  screenshot
photo of audio recorder,iPad and cameraIpads and audio recorders are part of what we offer. We loan iPads for class-wide projects and special events. This is a popular program, so be sure to contact us early so we can be sure to meet your needs. We have three audio recorders that are on a first-come, first-serve basis.  We offer microphones for loan to use with personal machines.  If we do not have your specific devices/needs, we will work with Audio Visual Services for more complicated setups.


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Computer Lab that may be reserved for testing, limited quizzes, and specialty software.
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Helpful documents about foreign language keyboards and spellcheck, and accent marks.

NOTE: Books on reserve at the Multimedia Resource Center must be viewed at our location and not to leave or be checked out overnight.